Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989: A paratype male 115 mm SL, in USNM, from a depth of 41-67 m (135-220 feet) off the south shore of Thumbi Island West, collected in trammel nets. The snout profile is rather variable in this deep-water species, which has rarely or never been exported as an aquarium fish. I named this species for John Langdon Brooks, who wrote an influential review paper called "Speciation in ancient lakes" (Brooks, 1950). Photo copyright © by M. K. Oliver.
 

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